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TABLE A7-7: INTERCITY AND URBAN TRANSIT PASSENGERS CARRIED IN THE BUS INDUSTRY,1985 – 2005
(Millions of passengers)

Intercity Passengers 1 Growth Rate (per cent) Urban Transit Passengers 2 Growth Rate (per cent)





1985 23.4
1,447.5
1986 21.8 (6.6) 1,521.1 5.1
1987 22.6 3.4 1,469.0 (3.4)
1988 18.2 (19.4) 1,514.8 3.1
1989 17.2 (5.7 1,520.4 0.4
1990 17.0 (0.9) 1,528.4 0.5
1991 15.9 (6.3) 1,450.1 (5.1)
1992 14.9 (6.6) 1,432.1 (1.2)
1993 10.9 (27.0) 1,396.5 (2.5)
1994 11.4 5.3 1,360.7 (2.6)
1995 12.3 7.5 1,361.1 0.0
1996 13.6 10.6 1,352.9 (0.6)
1997 14.7 8.1 1,382.2 2.2
1998 14.3 (2.7) 1,388.4 0.4
1999 13.9 (2.8) 1,442.0 3.9
2000 14.3 2.9 1,493.9 3.6
2001 15.2 6.2 1,481.1 (0.9)
2002 15.1 (0.6) 1,537.1 3.8
2003 15.1 0.3 1,559.7 1.5
2004 15.6 3.3 1,598.2 2.5
2005 3 16.0 2.3 1,660.7 3.9
  1. Passengers using Intercity scheduled services.
  2. Passengers carried by urban transit operators only.
  3. Intercity passengers estimated by Transport Canada.

Source: Statistics Canada, Passenger bus and urban transit statistics, Cat. 53-215; Service Bulletin, Cat. 50-002, various issues; special tabulation based on Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)


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